Michelle Sharp | Are Dreams Really Dreams?

I was recently asked why I chose for my heroine—a hard core narcotics detective—to obtain clues to her cases through her dreams. The real answer is that Jordan’s gift is not about dreaming at all. Jordan is a psychic medium.

She doesn’t plan to share this fact, particularly with anyone in her day job. But the truth is, she’s sensitive to spirit anytime of the day. Jordan simply chooses to block most other-worldly visits while trying to perform her duties as a narcotics cop.

But at night time, when she sleeps and her mind is relaxed and vulnerable, that’s when spirit is able to connect with her. So Jordan’s gift isn’t about random prophetic dreams, it’s about the fact that she has visits from the dead while she sleeps. She calls the visions that the dead share dreams, but I suppose if one were to get technical, they aren’t dreams at all. Spirits come to her looking for closure and justice when traditional investigations have failed them. Her isolated life as a drug cop is perfect for hiding the freakish ability and also gives her a way to make a difference instead of merely enduring the visions.

Denial and secrecy is not all that uncommon for people who grow up with some kind of psychic ability. And children, teens—heck anyone—can have issues that cause them to be a scared in the night. Imagine if you were constantly seeing the events of violent crimes unfold while you slept. How would you channel it into a productive life? For the most part, Jordan has managed to do just that. But she’s smart enough to know the black and white world of police work and hard evidence is not conducive to all the gray areas of attempting to solve crimes based on the somewhat vague visions in her dreams.

I hope you enjoy DREAM CALLER and Jordan’s very unique way of solving crimes.

About Michelle Sharp

Award-winning author, Michelle Sharp, has been nominated for a 2014 National Readers Choice Award for Best Romantic Suspense and Best First Book. In addition, her debut novel Dream Huntress has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Daphne Du Maurier award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense. Although she has a degree in Journalism from Southern Illinois University, she finds weaving tales of danger, deception, and love much preferable to reporting the cold, hard facts.

As most authors probably are, she is an avid reader. Growing up in St. Louis has made her a die-hard Cardinals fan, and having a child with Down Syndrome has made her passionate about any issue regarding special needs kiddos. She’s also a fairly big sucker when it comes to anything with fur or feathers. Michelle is a proud member of Romance Writers of America and Missouri Romance Writers. You can learn more about her at michellesharpbooks.com.

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About DREAM CALLER

Jordan and Ty are finally together, as in living together—mortgage and all. Now they intend to enjoy a little down time. They’ve purchased an aging horse ranch with plans to renovate, but their domestic bliss is put on hold when Ty is called on to investigate a murder case.

Coincidently, an unusually graphic nightmare about a young college student’s murder catches Jordan by surprise. In the dream, Jordan can see the girl’s pretty blonde hair. She can see the snowy ravine the girl was strangled in. Most shockingly, this time she can even see the killers face.

Being at home and still on vacation is making it challenging to figure out how to connect with this latest victim, until Jordan visits Ty’s precinct and recognizes a young man in interrogation as the murderer.

When Ty insists the suspect is innocent, Jordan debates just how far into Ty’s career she can interfere. Influencing another cop’s investigation on the basis of a dream is a line she’s never dared to cross. Even if the other cop is the man she loves.

Making the situation all the more frustrating is the sexy, red-headed Isobel Riley from Missouri Highway Patrol who is partnering with Ty for the duration of the case. And Isobel is a lot more than a mere detective consultant—she’s Ty’s ex- lover.